 …Something else has
to be behind things, somehow guiding them. And
that, one might say, is a kind of mathematical
proof of divinity.
Guy Marchie, American Science Writer
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During the night
of July 4th in 1054, Chinese astronomers witnessed
an extraordinary event: a very bright star that
suddenly appeared near the constellation Taurus.
It was so bright that it could easily be seen
even in daytime. At night it was brighter than
the moon.
What Chinese
astronomers observed was one of the most interesting
and catastrophic astronomic phenomena in our universe.
It was a supernova.
A supernova is
a star that is shattered by an explosion. A huge
star destroys itself in an immense blast and the
material of its core is scattered in every direction.
The light produced during this event is a thousand
times brighter than normal.
Scientists today
think that supernovas play a key role in the formation
of the universe. These explosions are what cause
different elements to be carried to different
parts of the universe. It is supposed that the
material ejected by these explosions subsequently
combines to form a new galaxy or a star somewhere
else in the universe. According to this hypothesis,
our solar system, the sun and its planets including
Earth, are the products of some incredibly ancient
supernova.
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gigantic explosions known as supernova
cause matter to
move throughout the universe. The enormous
distances between the universe's stars
and galaxies moderate the risk that such
an explosion will affect other bodies. |
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Although supernovas may seem
to be ordinary explosions, they in fact are
minutely structured in their details. In Nature's
Destiny Michael Denton writes :
The
distances between supernovae and indeed between
all stars is critical for other reasons. The
distance between stars in our galaxy is about
30 million miles. If this distance was much
less, planetary orbits would be destabilized.
If it was much more, then the debris thrown
out by a supernova would be so diffusely distributed
that planetary systems like our own would in
all probability never form. If the cosmos is
to be a home for life, then the flickering of
the supernovea must occur at a very precise
rate and the average distance between them,
and indeed between all stars, must be very close
to the actual observed figure.2
The ratio of supernovas
and stars' distances are just two more of the
fine-tuned details of this miraculous universe.
Examining deeper the universe the arrangement
we see is beautiful both in the organization
and design.
We
have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment,
the stars. (Surat
as-Saffat: 6)
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